It's always a concern when your State Bar announces it is going to issue a Commandment Writ in Stone . . . er, Legal Ethics Opinion tha...

We've been required to wear masks again this week even if we did the right thing and got our shots. Here are the stats:

This is my update as given to the local bar. The officers got a different update because they didn't need as much of an update on sente...

I just heard a defense attorney ask a witness if he had “ever been convicted of a crime involving lying, steating, and chealing?”

CATO is a ideologically libertarian think tank which often puts out quite smart think pieces on various topics. Even when I disagree with th...

You'll recall that a few years back I tried to copyright the four reasons that no defendant can ever go to jail . BTW, all you defense a...

We've all seen the signs and heard the chants. Although there is a core group which will swear it is absolutely serious about this, most...

A few more bills that don't fit elsewhere and I don't expect a single one of them to pass. HB5012 - Would allow law enforcement off...

Unions: SB5027 - Would illegalize police unions.   DOA. SB5021 - Would forbid police union contracts from having provisions about hiring, ...

 Criminally: SB5040 - The bill will allow the Attorney General to participate in prosecutions of officers charged with a homicide if the l...

SB5030 -  Unless a judge allows a variance , search warrants would be served during the day after the officers announce their presence and p...

SB5007 - This statute would remove juries from sentencing in Virginia unless the defense asks for a jury sentencing. It is probably the mos...